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An accident involving a tractor-trailer has shut down one lane of traffic on the James River Bridge. Four people were transported Riverside Regional Medical Center, according to a state police trooper. Their conditions are not known at this time. The accident, involving a tractor-trailer and a car, occurred just before noon. One lane of northbound traffic heading toward the Peninsula is blocked, but traffic is moving smoothly.

A trucker lost control of his rig early Wednesday morning on the Eastern Shore and did thousands of dollars worth of damage to various utility poles, vehicles and a restaurant. Sgt. Michele Anaya of state police said the accident occurred just before 1 a.m. on Route 13. She said truck driver Tony Terrell Weeks, a 41-year-old resident of Mappsville, Va., was driving a 2005 Freightliner rig carrying a load of frozen chicken southbound on Route 13 when he went off the road to the right and struck two telephone poles.

A tractor-trailer that overturned in Isle of Wight County early Tuesday morning has been righted, but a section of U.S. Route 258 remains closed while crews work on the scene of the accident. The tractor-trailer, which was loaded with meat, overturned near Windsor just before 6 a.m. Nora Chivers, spokeswoman for the Virginia Department of Transportation, said the truck has been cleared, but crews are working to make repairs on the shoulder of the roadway near the junction with state road 620. The roadway is expected to reopen between 1-2 p.m. Sgt. Michelle Anaya of state police said the driver of the rig sustained injuries that were not believed to be life-threatening.

A truck driver from New Jersey died early Thursday morning when his tractor trailer rig overturned on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. The driver, identified only as a 49-year-old New Jersey man, was pronounced dead at the scene. Sgt. Michelle Anaya of state police said the driver was wearing his seat belt, and she said alcohol was not a factor in the accident. Southbound lanes of Route 13 were closed for several hours while investigators worked on the scene. The accident occurred at 1:17 a.m. on Route 13 near the 83-mile marker.

An overturned tractor trailer spilled diesel fuel onto a Interstate 64 ramp in Norfolk. Sgt. Michelle Anaya, state police spokeswoman, said the tractor-trailer was loaded with cotton. The truck overturned around 1 p.m. on the ramp leading from Military Highway onto I-64 westbound. The accident has blocked traffic from the off-ramp according to Anaya. The ramp was re-opened late Monday afternoon. View Larger Map

WINDSOR — A school bus was rear-ended by a tractor-trailer early Wednesday morning. The bus, traveling westbound on Windsor Boulevard, was slowing down to pick up a child around 7:30 a.m. when it was hit by the truck, according to Virginia State Police. Three children were on the bus at the time of the accident and no one was hurt, police said. The truck driver was charged with following too closely.

The entrance ramp leading from Frederick Boulevard in Portsmouth onto Interstate 264 has been reopened after emergency crews cleared a tractor-trailer that had overturned. No injuries were reported in the single-vehicle accident. The accident occurred around 9 a.m., and the ramp was reopened around 10:30, Virginia Department of Transportation spokeswoman Lauren Hansen said.

An accident involving an overturned tractor-trailer has shut down the on-ramp from Northampton Boulevard onto Interstate 64. There was no immediate word on the circumstances of the accident or on injuries, but Virginia Department of Transportation spokeswoman Lauren Hansen said motorists "should expect delays and plan to take alternate routes. " The accident occurred around noon.

All lanes of Route 58 in Southampton County have been reopened after a crash involving a tractor-trailer. The crash, near the intersection with Green Plains Road, blocked all westbound lanes for several hours. A spokeswoman for the Virginia Department of Transportation said all lanes were reopened around 10 a.m. Sgt. Michelle Anaya of state police said no injuries were reported.